Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3 feet, 6 inches tall and designed to be "approachable and human-friendly." ...

Amazon's humanoid bet isn't about competing with Tesla's factory robots. Its about quietly building the operating system for the home.

Amazon has deployed its one-millionth robot. The e-commerce giant uses robots in its warehouses and facilities to move products around, handle packages on a conveyor belt and assist human workers.

Robots have been a staple at Amazon warehouses for more than a decade, performing tasks formerly completed by humans, including picking, sorting and moving packages. Now, Amazon plans to make human ...